Broken arm

Last Wednesday night, Nathan fell at church playing ball with some boys and hurt his arm. We began treating it like a sprain, but after a few days of no improvement, we decided that we better take him to the doctor for Xrays. Well, it seems he broke his radius bone and will be in a cast for the fall. He has a soft cast on right now until the swelling goes down, but after 10 days we will go back for a hard cast.

At first, he was kinda excited to be able to have a cast on and have everyone sign it, but after a few days, he is starting to get a little tired of it. It might be a long 6 weeks!!

Nates Dressers

Because we will be moving an Ethiopian baby (or two) into Nathan's room by the end of the year, we really needed some extra drawer space in his room. A fellow Homeschool mom was having a yard sale and selling some old dressers. We bought three dressers for $45. One was pressboard and in decent shape, so we just left it alone..although I think I am going to buy handles to match the other dressers.

The other two were in pretty bad shape, but they were real wood and built well. Soooo we striped and sanded and refinished them this week. Then Nate and I went to Lowes and bought new pulls for them. Here is the before and after pictures. I think they turned out beautiful!

Happy Birthday

Today my baby boy turns 10! Nathan Morgan Mullis , you are such a sweet boy and I love you so much!. I am so blessed to have you as my son. here are 10 things I love about you.

1.Your tender heart. Be it an 80 year old man or a 3 month old baby, you love everyone and want to see them happy.

2.Your big blue eyes.

One of these days those eyes are gonna turn lots of pretty girls heads. I am praying that God will give you the perfect wife that loves the Lord and loves you.

3.Your appetite. There is nothing that makes a mama that loves to cook happier than watching her son enjoy his groceries!

4. Your prayer life. I love to hear you pray. Even though we take turns saying prayers at night, I secretly love it when its your turn to pray. I love the conversation- like prayers you pray to God and how you remember the little blessings to thank Him for.

5. Your affection. I cannot be around you for more than a few minutes without having you lay your head on my shoulder, hold my hand or give me a back rub. I love that you don't think your too big to still show mama you love her.

6. Your obedience. You are such a good son and I love that you obey me and your daddy and try your very hardest to do whats right.

7. Your love for your sisters. I love to watch you interact with your sisters, especially Esther. She calls you her best buddy and says that you are more than her best friend you are her best buddy.

8. Your happy spirit. We often say wherever Nathan is that's where the party is at. You love to have people around and often invite guests over without permission just so you can have an impromptu party. People like to be around you because you like to have them there.

9. Your math minded brain. Math is not an easy subject for me to teach and is not my favorite subject at all, but you make math fun to teach because you love to learn about it and understand it so easy! now, if we can just get those 8 and 9 times tables down!

10. Your love of the Lord. I had a lady tell me right after you were born that she believed you would be a preacher one day. I would love that, but I would love for you to be anything that you thought was what God made you for. I know that you want t please Him. I see this in your life everyday and I am so excited to see what He does through you.

So Happy Birthday Nate the Great! I love you to the moon and back!!

Flag Football

Nathan had his first flag football game yesterday. His team won and he was great on defense. I think it will be a fun season for him.

doggie days of summer

God's weekend gift to us.

Our family has been talking for some time about getting a new puppy. Nathan especially really really wanted an inside/outside dog he could play with. So this weekend I had made some calls and we went over to an animal adoption fair in Winston-Salem. There were some puppies we saw online that were really cute. Well, I fill out a 3 page application and find out we have to have a home visit and a $150 adoption fee. Honestly...I wasn't feeling it. Just didn't seem like the dog for us.

 

Nathan was all upset saying he was never going to get a puppy, but on the way home I checked Craigslist.com and there was a chocolate lab listed in Kernersville. So I call and leave a message and then Nate stares at my phone for 3 hours waiting for it to ring! :) 

When the guy, Shawn calls back we find out that he is originally from the same town in West Virginia that all our kids were born in and so we talk for a while and he wants $300 for this AKC chocolate lab. I explain to him that we really can't afford to pay that for a dog, but thanks. He told me that he had another lady coming to look at him, but if she doesn't buy him, then he would call me back and make a deal.

Nate is upset again and we tell him that if God wants us to have a lab then He will allow it to be one we can afford and and that if it is the chocolate lab then the lady won't buy him and Shawn will call us back tomorrow (Sunday) night.

About 10 min later, he calls back an asks me if we care what color lab we get. We said no and he said, "Well, if you want a black lab puppy, you can have him for free!" I honestly could not believe it!  He said that it was a litter of 13 pups and that he had 3 black ones that nobody had chosen and he really needed to get them in good homes and we seemed like a good family that would love him and take care of him.

So, yesterday afternoon we went to visit and picked out the cutest, calmest lab puppy I have ever seen! Shawn even gave us his AKC papers. His name is Mac. I was just so excited to watch Nathan watch God provide, not for a need, but for a very special want in a little boys heart. Here is a picture of our new baby boy:

Happy Birthday Nathan!!

Nathan got his wii on Saturday for his big 8th birthday. We also went to Mongolian Grill for lunch. Happy Birthday to my sweet sweet boy!

I need a wii!!

*** I found a wii at Best Buy today!! They got a shipment in last night and they only had 1 left today at noon and I bought it!!!!***

Nathan wants a wii for his birthday next weekend. No party. No gifts. All he wants is a wii. Well, I have called just about every store around that carries them and no one has the crazy things! I need help! If anyone knows where I can get one ( I am NOT paying $400 on ebay!!) please let me know!!

My big fisherman

Nathan has been talking and talking about going fishing when we were down at the island on vacation. Well, last Saturday, we went out on the boat to tube. It was so much fun, even Esther got on the tube. Nathan rode the tube, but then said "I want to fish!" It was around noon, so we all decide to dock at Rum Bay and get some lunch. Nate was so put out because he didn't want to eat, he wanted to fish!! I realized it must be important to him if he was willing to give up lunch! So as soon as we ate, we went out and put the lines in. Nathan maybe had his in the water 3 min. and he got a catch! It was a 16" ( a keeper!) trout! He was soo excited! That was the only keeper of the day. After his pawpaw showed him how to clean it, he told me I didn't have to worry about supper cause he had taken care of it. Well, I was able to get about 12 little fried nuggets out of it and they were soooo good!! We decided we better go ahead and eat our hamburgers too, but Nate's catch of the day sure was a good appetizer!!